james scott owen is in the hospital and says he wishes he got vaccinated. >> im usually the big strong guy and everything, i thought i was. this virus doesn't care who you are. it will jump on you quickly. >> a cdc advisory panel suggests a booster shot could better protect americans with compromised immune system. however, the panel says more data is needed before the agency recommends another shot. >>> help is on the way for africa where only 2% of the population has received the covid-19 vaccine. in cape town, a drug manufacturer will begin producing the pfizer vaccine, marking the first time the shot will be made in africa. the company will receive ingredients for the vaccine from

ashley and scott owen are here to tell their story tunnel. thank you both.re just so you know, we're not here to judge you but hear your story because you're like so many people in this country now and you can offer help and guidance about what happened. thank you both. how are you doing? are you okay? >> yes, sir. doing wonderful. >> you were released from the hospital just this weekend, right? >> yes, sir, saturday. >> yeah. so you still have symptoms. you're still on oxygen. tell me your story and what is it doing to take for you to get better? do you have any idea? >> depends on my body, my lungs, how they react. of course, i'm asthmatic. retired navy. i acquired asthma from some chemical so maybe that's why covid attacked me. i'm on three liters per minute of oxygen until we have no idea. so i do exercises daily. so we'll see in the future. >> what is your exercises? >> he has a little -- >> this nice little machine here. >> what do you have to do with that? >> it's a suction machine to build up, i guess, the pressure in your lungs and slowly clears out

there's no, better example than i have, coming up, with ashley and scott owen.accine resistant. and didn't want to do it. they went to -- they had a party for july 4th. both got sick. both ended up in the hospital. one of them is, still, on oxygen. and they're going to join me, in just a few minutes. they show us exactly where we are, in this country. now, they are saying, everybody, go get vaccinated. >> the cautionary tales. we just don't need to have people go through that, in order to arrive at a conclusion that they could have made, before. >> and this is where we are. this is what i am doing, now. i'm masking up and i'm fully vaccinated and a lot of people are having to do it. >> well, that may be required in a lot more places, really soon, unless we get straight with this vaccine. and even if we do, it may be that way. anyway, i love you. >> all right. thank you very much, i i will see you later. this is "don lemon tonight." thank you for watching. we thought we were coming out of this on the other side like oh, we are coming out of this. we could have be

. >> reporter: in florida, 41-year-old james scott owen is battling covid in the hospital and wishes he had gotten the vaccine. >> it could happen to any of us. i'm usually the big, strong guy and everything. well, i thought i was. this virus doesn't care who you are. it will jump on you quickly. >> reporter: new cases in florida spiking 490% in the last month, but today the governor insisting there will be no mask mandate in schools. >> we're not doing that in florida, okay? we need our kids to breathe. we need our kids to be able to be kids. >> reporter: the white house today saying that puts the millions of schoolchildren under 12 who are unvaccinated at risk. >> if i were a parent in florida, that would be greatly concerning to me, because kids under the age of 12 are not vaccinated. they're not eligible yet. >> reporter: in upstate new york, an outbreak at a sleepaway camp infected 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old who are too young to get the vaccine. late today our rachel scott asking the president about what conversations he's had with health officials about changing the

james scott owen is in the hospital and says he wishes he got vaccinated. >> im usually the big strong guy and everything, i thought i was. this virus doesn't care who you are. it will jump on you quickly. >> a cdc advisory panel suggests a booster shot could better protect americans with compromised immune system. however, the panel says more data is needed before the agency recommends another shot. >>> help is on the way for africa where only 2% of the population has received the covid-19 vaccine. in cape town, a drug manufacturer will begin producing the pfizer vaccine, marking the first time the shot will be made in africa. the company will receive ingredients for the vaccine from europe. they will begin in 2022 with the goal of distributing 1 million doses. right now africa is 99% dependent on imports for the vaccine. >>> now to the tamarac fire, now 4% contained. these images are from the uc davis strike team. you can see the embers around the rick as firefighters try to access a housing development to save homes. the fire is over 50,000 acres. >> the dixie fire in bute and pluma

james scott owen is not vaccinated and currently battling covid-19 in a florida hospital. >> i had toelearn to breathe. but now that i have had the full cycle of symptoms, i would definitely have opted to get it. >> reporter: overnight, the state's attorney general announcing that she has tested positive despite being vaccinated earlier this year tweeting, thankfully i am only experiencing mild symptoms and my family is in good health. as i continue to self-quarantine, i want to encourage floridians to be vigilant about their health. the latest surge raising questions about breakthrough infections. overnight, an outbreak in provincetown, massachusetts, growing to at least 256 cases. officials saying more than two-thirds of those testing positive are fully vaccinated. and this morning, "the washington post" is reporting that top white house officials are currently debating whether to urge vaccinated americans to once again wear masks in more settings. overnight, president biden during a town hall suggested that the cdc may also update its mask guidance on children in schools, michael.

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